Foreword of the founder

We all have been affected by the pandemic one way or another, but the outfitters have all been heavily hit in particular by the travel bans. Most of them did not have clients for two years in a row.

This has brought changes in their operations, both good and bad.

They are glad to be welcoming the hunters and fisherman back, but their costs have gone up substantially. The increase in fuel prices alone is daunting when you consider the additional trucking costs to their remote operations.

The good news is that many of the operators have used the past two years to improve their operational infrastructure. The very limited pressure on the game and fish resources over the past two seasons have resulted in increased numbers and age structure.

Although prices have suffered of the inflation, I still think it is important for us as hunters and fishermen to support our outfitters as they are providers of the great experiences we seek.

Another topic that is bothering us all is the threat of the trophy bans.

In several countries motions seeking to block the importation, transit and taxidermy of hunted species in appendices I, lI and Ill of CITES. Fortunately, in a few countries these motions have been defeated or overturned thanks to different hunting organizations by providing the authorities with scientific research published by IUCN or WWF on the important contributions of hunting and fishing. Understanding how CITES export quotas work to prevent overutilization of species at risk has been the predominant factor in convincing regulators.

A ban on CITES trophies would interfere with the transshipment of trophies throughout the world, but more importantly would negatively impact conservation efforts and the livelihoods of rural communities worldwide. Conservation decisions should not be dictated by foreign governments and misinformed lawmakers.

BUT... as a conclusion, this shows that when you explain how important hunting is, we can win!

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Scandinavian Pro Hunters

Unique Geese shooting

In Skåne, we offer fantastic goose hunting on and around our hunting lodge Markie Hage. The best conditions for these hunts are often difficult to predict, but when the big migration of birds are coming to our areas we are then normally seeing ten thousands of geese in a day, so those who are lucky enough to be able to participate may be rewarded with the goose hunt of their lives. There are no bag limit so every year we are having days with 200 plus geese in a day!

World class Roebucks in Skane, South Sweden

It is no coincidence that Swedish Roebuck are classified as the most beautiful buck in the world. Tall, slender, and symmetric, they will provide you with an awesome trophy that will most certainly find a prominent spot in your home. Scandinavian Prohunters have the best privately owned properties in the Southern part of Sweden / Skane where we every year shoot big gold medal bucks. The hunt is out from our charming hunting lodge. www.scandinavianprohunters.com

Nocfond Lodge France

Located in the Sologne area, close to the Chambord castle, the company Wildboar Hunting France operates in one of the finest private estate where more than 600 wildboars are shot per season. Jean Philippe Bourgneuf will guide the hunters for stalking tuskers and organize driven parties from 5 to 15 hunters. Thanks to the Browning Partner Lodges program offering to use some Maral rifles in 30-06 caliber to train first on running target before going hunting. Some 12-bore over and under 725 are also available to shoot Mallards or for sporting training on the private shooting ground of the estate. Welcome to hunt the french wildboars with Browning weapons.

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Sabournac

Unique in Europe, Sabournac is a private estate which has been organizing mallard duck hunting for 25 years. This hunt both surprises and appeals to hunters who like to shoot several hundred cartridges at high flying mallards.

Sabournac offers only high quality, exclusive hunting organized and customized to meet your specific demands. The hunting estate is open from the first September to January 31 and can be booked for a private hunting trip of 2 to 8 hunters.

As a “Browning Partner Lodges”, several guns are available on the estate. This free service provides an opportunity to shoot with topquality shotguns, as well as to avoid the hassle of travelling by air with a gun. Winchester cartridges are available on site for 12, 16 and 20 bore guns.

The estate is 60 km Est from Toulouse International Airport with direct flights from most European capitals and 25 km from CastresMazamet Airport where all private planes can land.

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Graet Spanish Hunts

The red-legged partridge is a endemic to Spain considered the most sporting and challenging bird in the world?by hunters due to its beauty, audacity and fast and erratic flight. The driven partridge shoot is a shooting style with a long and deeply rooted tradition in Spain, which allows the hunter to enjoy the red-legged partridge in a far more challenging way, since the speed and height reached are unbeatable, putting more than one expert wing shooter to the test.

Our shoots are some of the best and most famous in the country. Groups of 3 to 10 guns usually bag around 1,000 birds per day or even double that amount depending on their shooting skills.

Thanks to the wide range of estates we manage and their diverse and beautiful landscapes we are able to offer some of the most spectacular and challenging drives to be found in Spain. Featuring birds with fast and erratic flight, both low and high flying, we can offer drives that allow hunters to enjoy very varied and challenging shoots. A pair of 12 and 20 bore double-barrel matched shot www.browningpartnerlodges.com

Le domaine de l’Ortolo

An Exceptional Hunting Ground

The Domaine de l'Ortolo offers an exceptional hunting ground boasting 2500 hectares of well-preserved ecosystem with a widely varying landscape featuring mountains, forests and bush interspersed with prairies and swampland. Some fields are farmed and sown with grain, providing welcome feed for wild game, and the olive groves are kept invitingly free of undergrowth.

Hunting but not only...Big Game Fishing, Freshwater fishing, Golf, Horse Riding. The domain welcomes visitors for the hunting season from October to the end of February (according to the legal dates). Wild boar is the big game here and is hunted in the traditional local beating method, with a pack of hounds and beaters, or from a hide early in the season. Small game, like partridge, pheasant and hare live on the grounds, which are also a choice landing spot for migratory birds such as thrush, woodcock, doves and ducks, depending on the season.

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Dorback Estate

Dorback Estate sits in the heart of Speyside in Scotland, an area well known for its rich hunting history. Dorback is a rare sporting package in that it is a genuine mixed sporting estate, offering some of the most exciting driven and walked up grouse shooting in Scotland, as well as challenging stalking and an exhilarating low ground shoot, all set amidst the spectacular backdrop of the Cairngorm National Park.

Dorback Estate benefits from the lifetime of experience gathered by the estate Head keeper, Brian Hamilton. Brian and his team of three keepers are true custodians of this wild and beautiful part of Scotland and can offer world class sporting opportunities. We have hunters who have been returning to Dorback for over 40 years in order to relive the premium quality sporting experience on offer.

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